Porto City Race

What a great orienteering weekend in Porto! Despite a weather prediction that would have put some rain right on top of orienteers on Saturday morning, fortunately those very light showers occurred a bit earlier and weren’t felt during the race. Sunday was such a beautiful sunny day and perfect for the event! This year, only…

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Heading to Porto

After my WOD day run yesterday, it’s time to fly out to Porto, on the Portuguese mainland for the first City Race part of the City Race Euro Tour (will talk about it later). The event will take place between the 17th and 19th of May with 3 races all taking place in the city…

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Today is WOD!

Today is World Orienteering Day! According to the International Orienteering Federation (IOF) the goal for this year’s WOD is to have 500.000 participants at 5.000 events in 100 regions worldwide! Can you imagine half a million people all over the world celebrating Orienteering on the same day? This year, events taking place between May 15th…

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Orienteering 3711 (part 2)

Out with the old, in with the new. This year, as I start this blog about my upcoming orienteering and travel adventures, I decided to change the image of my page and came up with this new logo, simpler, cleaner and more modern. Still love the old one but as I decided to dive into…

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Orienteering 3711 (??)

“3711? Where did that come from?”, someone asked me once. It’s pretty simple actually. 3711 is my registry number from the Portuguese Orienteering Federation. Can’t get a simpler choice than that, right? No brainer there… I came up with the name “Orienteering 3711” and this logo with a backgroung map and course, a couple of…

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So it begins…

You may say that I’ve found in Orienteering my true sports. I’ve been an orienteer for many years now, but it was only in 2017 that this passion joined another one that I also have for a long while: travelling! That year I took flight (literally) from the island where I live and started visiting…

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